EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re:New EMDR meta-analysis in JCCP
Sandra Paulsen Inobe, PhD · 06/07/01 at 11:56 ET
I have only been able to find the abstract so far for this study, and not the article itself. I continue to be surprised that studies produce any positive results at all, given the fact that virtually none of the studies of either EMDR or exposure therapies control for dissociative phenomenology and conditions, including minor ones, which from a clinical point of view is one of the most salient variables and conditions for which to control. I would expect that the resulting noise in the data from failing to control for dissociation would make most results meaningless. As indicated above, eye movements themselves are not the only form of bilateral stimulation, which most clinicians continue to find to be key to positive outcomes in EMDR. I would draw other interested readers (not the above poster, whose mind is obviously made up negatively and nothing will touch his/her view) to examine Volume 43, Nos 3,4 (January/April, 2001) of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, whihc is entirely dedicated to the use of EMDR in conjunction with hypnosis, for dissociative and non-dissociative conditions. I have awaited this synthesis for a decade -- It may be longer before we can fully and scientifically explain the often breathtaking results that EMDR produces for some clients.
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